linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] scsi: Use new __dma_buffer to align sense buffer in scsi

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Message-ID: <20071221133027.GA11495@alpha.franken.de>
Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:30:28 +0100
From:	tsbogend@...ha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer)
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, rdreier@...co.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, rmk@....linux.org.uk,
	davem@...emloft.net, james.bottomley@...eleye.com,
	ralf@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] scsi: Use new __dma_buffer to align sense buffer in scsi_cmnd

On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 06:16:41AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 10:33:26AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:30:08 +1100
> > Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > The sense buffer ins scsi_cmnd can nowadays be DMA'ed into directly
> > > by some low level drivers (that typically happens with USB mass
> > > storage).
> > 
> > Should that not be fixed in USB storage by using pci_alloc_coherent on the
> > PCI device of the hub not peeing directly into kernel space ?
> 
> That's what I said, but Ben seems fixated on this particular fix.

there are SCSI host drivers, which also DMA to the sense buffer like
sgiwd93.c for example.

Thomas.

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